Mountain Project: Climbing South Platte

Turkey Tail is a great crag with some terrific lines. The difficulty level is a bit stiffer than most of the crags in the Turkey Rocks complex, so the seeker of the lower end difficulty routes might consider other crags in the area. Some of the routes include overhanging sections, so power can be useful here. This crag is to the right of Turkey Rock & Turkey Perch. Perhaps, the area classic is Whimsical Dreams.

Getting There

Turkey Tail located down and right from Turkey Perch. Go to the saddle near Turkey Perch, hike down and right to the base of the crag.

The Classics

Mountain Project's determination of some of the classic, most popular, highest rated routes for Turkey Tail:

Turkey's Delight 5.7 Trad, 3 pitches

Hummingbird Way aka Snively's Crack 5.9 Trad, 1 pitch

Sidewinder 5.10- Trad, 2 pitches

Rasmussen Crack 5.10b Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet

Quivering Quill 5.10c Trad, 1 pitch

Drumstick Direct 5.10+ Trad, 2 pitches

Whimsical Dreams 5.11- Trad, 1 pitch

In Search of Unicorns 5.11- R Trad, 1 pitch, 50 feet

Wudamudafuka (1st pitch) 5.11 Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet

Turkey Turd 5.11c Trad, 1 pitch, 120 feet

Captain Hook 5.12a Sport, 1 pitch, 40 feet

Journey to Ixtlan (1st Pitch) 5.12a Trad, 1 pitch, 70 feet

I Turkey/ Ressurection 5.12a/b Trad, Sport, 1 pitch, 80 feet

Featured Route For Turkey Tail

Michael Michael motorcycle on Sidewinder.

Sidewinder 5.10- CO : South Platte : ... : Turkey Tail

I almost forgot how sweet offwidths are. This gorgeous route begins as a left-facing dihedral not too far to the right of Drumstick Direct on the Turkey Tail. Without a doubt, this route gets 3 stars and has nearly everything you would want in a fatty. Hubbel's book does this route a disservice by only giving this route 2 stars. It seems that there is some sort of unfounded prejudice against cracks wider than 3' - yet another deb...[more] Browse More Classics in CO

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take 5	An unknown sport route in the corridor on the east...	The tail (photo taken with permission).
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By Doug Lintz
From: Lincoln, NE
Jul 31, 2007

Does anyone have info on the fun bolted (4 bolts) route inside the corridor on the east side of the pillar containing Quivering Quill? It starts on a large chock near the south end of the face.

By Mike Anderson
Jan 28, 2008

To the Left of Turkey's Delight, there is an overhanging arete that has at least two chopped bolts at the start. Does anyone know what the story is on that route?

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Turkey Tail

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Getting There

The Classics